Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Therapists in Brooklyn, NY

My practice focuses on supporting my clients through significant life transitions and accessing their authentic selves in the process. Drawing on a holistic lens, I incorporates concepts from Internal Family Systems, Attachment Theory, Mindfulness and Polyvagal Theory to guide my clients in better understanding themselves, their behaviors, and accessing and developing a relationship with their authentic selves. I have years of experience supporting clients struggling with anxiety, depression, postpartum mood disorders or distress, grief, career transitions, and establishing a work/life balance.

Becoming a parent is a journey that is unique to everyone. There are moments of both great excitement and fear. I provide psychotherapy to individuals along all points of the journey, from the planning stages of beginning a family to supporting parents in the early years of their children’s’ lives. Individuals with histories of trauma, anxiety or depression may have particular trepidations about this transition. Individually or as a family, I can help you through logistics, learn to manage stress, and process the complex feelings that arise as your family grows.

Pregnant or newly postpartum and not feeling like yourself? New parents who are feeling overwhelmed by difficult and unexpected emotions are warmly welcomed here. I strive to create a nonjudgemental, genuine and empathic environment where you can safely explore these difficult emotions and achieve the excitement, joy, and confidence of new parenthood that you seek. Together we will forge a healing relationship that is both respectful and empowering, and where all aspects of your life are welcomed with warmth and curiosity.

I am a passionate and compassionate psychotherapist that has dedicated my career to helping my clients navigate both the ups and downs of daily life and the rollercoasters of anxiety, depression, and trauma. With all of my clients, I approach therapy with the philosophy that self-knowledge drives healing and growth, and I use psychodynamic principles to explore how our past and present intertwine in ways that no longer serve us.

Change is possible. You CAN feel better. You may be skeptical that what you're struggling with can be helped, blaming and judging yourself instead. You may be frustrated by many attempts to make things better without helping. A part of you may want to avoid looking at what is happening straight on for fear it could make things worse. These fears are normal. With kindness, curiosity, and a helpful framework, we can address these concerns while also allowing you to get the help you need.

I offer individual therapy, couples, relationship & intimacy counseling, and support groups, as well as clinical supervision for mental health professionals. I am experienced and trained in treating a variety of mental health concerns, including perinatal anxiety, depression, PTSD, and OCD, and couples and sex therapy methods. I also support those with reproductive challenges such as infertility, sexual dysfunction, pregnancy loss, and birth trauma.

Are you struggling to feel the way others believe you should feel? Do you feel alone in this new transition to motherhood? Changes in life can be difficult, especially when a new identity of becoming a parent is thrown into the mix. Although motherhood can be an exciting new journey, it can sometimes feel isolating and difficult. Everyone expects you to be happy during this new stage of life but sometimes you don’t feel that same happiness that everyone is thinking you should feel and that is when the guilt sets in. As a licensed therapist who specializes in perinatal mental health, these overwhelming feelings of isolation, struggle

Change, growth, and healing are possible for everyone. Using a warm, interactive approach we'll listen to your feelings and thoughts to discover what you need and want in order to feel more alive, fulfilled, and freer to know yourself, be yourself, and express yourself. We'll find the practical strategies and the deeper understanding that will help you to shift patterns of behavior and thought, and sort out relationships. Even when conflict and confusion, sadness, anger, fragmentation, loneliness, fear, stuckness (or any other feeling) seems ever-present, we can heal and change.

I provide online therapy in California and New York, and in-person sessions in New York City, aiming to offer therapy that is supportive, understanding, and effective in enhancing client well-being.

Although you might come to therapy seeking help with your vulnerabilities, I believe you possess the strengths to develop healthy relationships with yourself and others and to change your life. Whether you come to therapy during an acute crisis, have reached a crossroads, or need to process and reflect on a layer of your life, therapy can be a powerful, supportive exploration. If you are seeking a better understanding or to change how you feel related to others, the meaning of important or painful moments in your life, or to develop insight into your life patterns, therapy can be a transformative tool for you.

Therapy is about easing suffering, increasing insight and curiosity, and finding meaning. This work is best done in the context of a trusting and strong therapeutic relationship. As a therapist, I strive to form a genuine and unique bond with everyone I work with. I am an active therapist, who aims to be open, non-judgmental, and flexible. Cultural norms, identity and context will deeply inform how we work together.

Hi, my name is Lauren Blau and I have over 7 years of experience working with adult individuals. I see clients struggling with mood disorders, anxiety, insomnia, and those adjusting to chronic illness. I specialize in perinatal mental health and health psychology, using evidence-based interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). I have certifications in perinatal mental health from the Beck Institute and Postpartum Support International.

Have you always dreamt about becoming a mother? Is it what you imagined it to be? You were told that all mothers are happy and perfect. In truth, motherhood is an emotional, complicated and compelling journey from conception, pregnancy, delivery, and into postpartum. No one tells you how hard it can be to actually get pregnant. Others seem to get it so easily, yet you struggle. When you are pregnant, instead of feeling endless joy, you feel sad, scared, angry or anxious. After the baby comes, instead of feeling confident as a new mother, you wonder all the time, what if you aren’t the perfect mother?

Therapy allows an individual to identify areas within their life to process, heal and gain overall recovery. In treatment, I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to treat anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, changes within ones life, pregnancy and postpartum as well as substance abuse. Within sessions, you are given an opportunity to re-center the self, process ways to make powerful decisions within your life and overall create a meaningful pathway to wellness.

You deserve to be seen and heard for who exactly you are, even if you aren’t quite sure who that is yet. I’ll meet you where you are at, utilizing your own strengths, creativity, and interests to help cultivate change and healing. As a creative arts therapist, I can help you explore your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors with gentle curiosity. I am here to help you learn how to regulate, feel safe, grounded, and at home in your body. I combine verbal psychotherapy with creative arts therapies to help develop insight into the reasons that have brought you, your child, or your family to therapy.

When you enter my office, your wellness becomes my concern. I believe that no two clients are the same. When you come to see me I make a customized treatment plan tailored to your personal needs and goals using the best evidence based modalities. I utilize CBT, DBT, EMDR, EX/RP, mindfulness, positive psychology, somatic interventions, and relaxation techniques. I treat anxiety, OCD, PTSD, trauma, depression, and grief. I specialize in women's mental health treating those suffering from infertility, perinatal loss, postpartum PMADs, and menopause. I promote healing using a mind-body approach.

I am licensed in both New York and California with over 16 years of clinical experience. I love working with folks who are looking to reflect on the things in their lives they want more and less of, the things that bring them joy and pain and work to maximize and minimize them accordingly. If you are willing to be vulnerable and open within a safe space and prepared to work through challenges and changes as needed, contact me for a consultation to see if we might work well together.

Trying to conceive, pregnancy, and the postpartum period can pose unique challenges to mental health. In this time of change and upheaval, many individuals and couples benefit from support as they develop new skills and adjust to a new way of life. I work with clients who are planning for a healthy transition into parenthood, coping with an adverse fertility, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum experience, or addressing painful childhood or family-of-origin experiences that may arise when becoming a new parent. Most of my clients receive therapy for 3-6 months, though a longer engagement can sometimes be recommended.

Whether you are a single adult, a partner, or a parent, we all struggle with stressors such as feelings of anxiety and depression, low self-esteem, financial pressures, and difficult relationships. Therapy can be a useful way to explore where you feel stuck, and discover alternate ways to manage and cope so that you can live the life you envision for yourself. I use a collaborative, holistic, and relational approach to create a safe and brave environment where individuals, couples, and families can explore themselves and their relationships. l use interventions from various therapies, such as CBT and mindfulness.